PICCADILLY PUBLISHING’s debut Western is Neil Hunter’s Bodie: Trackdown. In its first week on Kindle it has hit the Top 100 Western Kindles, which shows that our decision to re-launch the series was the right one.

Bodie was a bounty hunter, a legalized killer, a man alone. He was a survivor in a tough world where a gunman’s life depended on his ruthlessness and speed on the draw.
But Bodie didn’t kid himself about the glory of being a gunslinger. Killing was a trade and Bodie was for hire to anyone with enough money and desperation.
Yet there was one man who tried to take Bodie for a two-bit greenhorn. And Bodie wasn’t about to be taken …

Neil Hunter is a pseudonym of the prolific Lancashire-born writer Michael R. Linaker. As Neil Hunter, Mike wrote two classic western series, BODIE THE STALKER and JASON BRAND. Under the name Richard Wyler he produced four stand-alone westerns, INCIDENT AT BUTLER’S STATION, THE SAVAGE JOURNEY, BRIGHAM’S WAY and TRAVIS. Another western, HIGH KILL, was later published in the SUNDANCE series as BOUNTY KILLER. His western output can also be found under the names ‘Dan Stewart’, ‘John C. Danner’ and ‘Frederick H. Christian’, the latter name employed when he ghost-wrote an additional five titles in Frederick Nolan’s popular FRANK ANGEL series. Mike has written three ‘nasty’ horror novels under his own name, but since the late 1980s has become best-known as one of the most popular contributors to Gold Eagle’s MACK BOLAN series, chronicling the adventures of PHOENIX FORCE, THE EXECUTIONER and STONY MAN, as well as his own action-adventure series, CADE.

Reaction to our first publication has been very favorable. Amazon customer L. gebert writes: “I’m glad to see more westerns come to the ebook format,especially the older westerns. Show your support for the western genre and pick up a copy of this very affordable copy of this book.”

CJMac, meanwhile, has this to say about the book: “Bodie is not the most popular guy when he rides into town to collect his bounty accompanied by 5 day-old corpses with their hot weather stench permeating the area. While waiting for his money he receives an envelope with a $500 bill in it and the opportunity to collect twice the $10,000 bounty if he brings in the Reefer Gang. This gang has the territory terrorized as they murder and rob then destroy everything they can’t carry away with them. Bodie’s enemies are out for revenge and stay on his trail as he chases the outlaws.

“This is an action packed story and I didn’t put it down until I finished it. If you like action\adventure\westerns you’ll love this one.”